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 in 1874 at a cost of Rs. 1,500, A rest-house for homeless poor has been constructed at an outlay of Rs. 500, and additions are being made to it in order to accommodate lepers and persons suffering from other incurable diseases.

The council has partly supported the hospital in the town since 1871, and keeps up four upper primary, four lower primary, and one lower secondary school. It also maintains the Morris choultry, two other small institutions called the Kambham and Durbha choultries, and a travellers' bungalow.

Government have sanctioned Rs. 16,000 for revetting the river bank to prevent further erosion, which was becoming alarming, and a bund to protect the town from inundation during heavy floods is in contemplation.